Saxophone



May 17 1927.

W. F. -GEMEINHARDT SAXOPHONE v Filed Oct. 16. 1925 :InfoMil-ZNVAPatented May 17, 1927.

UNITED ST'QI'ES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F. GEMEINHARDT, F NEW YORK, N. Y.. ASSIGNGR TO THE VOODWIND COM-PANY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM COMOSED OF EUGENE BERCIEUX AND WAL- TERGEMEIN HARDT.

SAXOPHONE.

Application filed Oetobei' 16,* 1925.

This invention relates to in'iprovenients, in musical wind instrinncnl'sand has particuH lar reterenre to saxol'ihones.

Yln rendering a musical selection on a saxophone. the musician blowsinto the instri'lnient. and at the same tin-ieI- n'iauipulates a numberot tingerpieces tor ditl'erent soundproiluring valves. the slill ot theperformer depeiuliiui largely upon the dexterity ot his iin'i'ers. l thas been known to. thosey skilled in the art` that the higliost noteshave been the :nost ilitliauilt to produce, and that with standardsaxophones the hie-h F note is prnrtically impossible to produceaccuratelyr by manipnlati-ou olt the tingerpiere and valve provided 'lorit- When the, F valve .is relied upon to obtain the high F, the noteseen/is to be dampened or suppressed. is not rlear or accurate. and issmnrulrat ott pitch. This ten-iler 'f v has been overcon'ie by someperformers operatingl certain other valves siniulanei'iush.v with. the Fvalve to compensate lor the error.. Such. nlianipulation requires greatsltill. here? itatilig the use of {ing/fers on both hands. ln someselections, lue to the arrangement ot the notes, 'it is impossible evenAlfor the most expert perfiiiriners to i unplish such a rombhnltion, andless skilled players riuinot do it at all.A lV ith my inventimi vlovercome those di'll'leulties and iihjertionable Vfeatures ot the priorart by provlilii-io iueelianism whereby certain inder-ieri( tl) Ycuieratod valves may be simult-.ineonsl ope ated when desired.

An nl .ecl' ol" the present invention is to provide a sa \.'ophone withmeans for :readily 'prmlinii a clear and true high F note byninnipraition ot a single lingerpiece.

Another ol'iieet to provide such a device which u'ill be convenientlylocated and suppleinentariY to the usual tingerpieees pro-- 'vided ininstruments ot this. cliiaracter.

lVith these and other objects in View, the invention re ides in thenovel features oit iormtruorion, coinl'iiuation. and arraligement otpart-ff hereinath-rr tortln 'illustrated in the arronipanting; drawings,and specific-,alli7 pointed on! in the appeiu'led claims .ln tlu`drawings Figi'. l is a 't1-ont. elevalion ot a portion ol? a saxol'ihouewith my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional. View, on the line 2 ol Fig. 1` showingtwo of the 'valves closed;

Serial No. 62,795.

Fig. 3 a View similar to Fig. 2 with the valves open;

lllig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View on the liu-x l ot lig. 1, withparts in operated po, tion,

rlfhe invention is applicable to any standard saxophone compfising ahorn or tube 1() having a ilil'uraliti.v of, ports 1l in its side7 andfitted at its upper end with a mouth-piece 12. The ports ll are ofvarious diameters, and so spaced trom; the nriouth-piece. 12 that eachport will Qontrol or produce a different note ot the musical scale, theyhighest notes of the scale ranno beingI iqJ-permost ou the horn 1.0;inn-li` port. is fitted with a valve conziprising a disc 13 preferablyformed ot metal7 and cai-living on its inner surface a cushioningliurmlier 14: of suitably resilient material to provide an airtight sealwhen seated against the nionth ot the port. Y

The uppf-i-rinost valve. designa-ted by the letter F. is designed tocontrdl the produc tion olf the h' h F note` and is normally closed. Inorder that this valve may be operated. it is attached to one end of alever 15 uliirh is plvoted at 1G, and provided at its other.' (louer)end with a iingerpiece 17.

'I,`l1;ns, depression oil" the tingerpiece 17 Opens the valve F. and iuorder to prevent lateral dis-placement, the lever is guided in abifurcated post 18 onthe side of horn 1.0.

Disposed slightly below the valve F and lov one thereof7 is a similarValve 1G which is also normally closed, and is carried on a rorlerairmot a shaft 20 Which extends longitudinally ot the tube 1,07 andpivotally supported in bearing brackets 21. Adjacent its lower end7 theshaft Q0 is equipped with a key or ingerpiece, not shouui1 by which theValve E inav bey actu ated. Other valves D, C, Blf and A are disposedsubstantially as. shown, each being' adapted to control the high note ofa oorresiiouding c ,sign ltion. The valves D and C are imrxually closed7and are oper able by depression ot' pirot'eil lingerpieces nil 233,respectively.

The valves B and A are normally opened and supported by rocking arms Q4;and 25, respectively7 carried by a pivot rod 2G which extends parallelto the pivot rod 20. The disk 13 ot Valve A is provided with a suitablelinger engaging surface QT by which it may be operated to close thec0rretier.

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